Monthly Archives: June 2010

UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design Summer Events

Published on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: Berkeley summer events, CAL, CAL Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, community college transfer, summer events, transfer students, uc, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, ucb

This week, a notice went out from UC Berkeley’s Environmental Design department advising students, counselors and community colleges of upcoming events they will be hosting. These events are intended for students interested in majoring in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Studies at UC Berkeley. Here are a few they hope students will find helpful in [...]

Students struggle to find summer classes

Published on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: class waitlist, college summer school, college waitlist, community college, Evergreen Valley College, online college courses, online colleges, Private Schools, San Jose Community College, SJCC, summer courses, summer school, waitlist

The Mercury News had a story recently that included a student, Vanessajoie Castillo, who had been hoping to get started on college courses so that she can get ahead in math. When she went to class last week at at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, she found lines of students and not an empty [...]

Transferring to UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business

Published on Monday, June 28th, 2010 by Caroline
Tags: Berkeley, Berkeley admissions, business major, business school, CAL, CAL admissions, CAL Berkeley, College Majors, college of business, community college transfer, Haas, haas admissions, Haas application, haas breadth, haas foreign language, haas prerequisites, Haas requirements, haas resume, Haas School of Business, Haas transfer, seven course breadth, transfer students, UC Berkeley, ucb, UCB admissions

UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is one of the best undergraduate business schools in the country. Although the acceptance rate hovers only a little over 6% (a little over 90 people were accepted last year) , this statistic is misrepresenting. The fact is, out of over 1000 applications only about 400 applicants have fulfilled [...]

Online college courses offered for Engineering majors

Published on Sunday, June 27th, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: College of Engineering, engineering major, Maine University, major in engineering, online classes, online college, online college classes, online college courses, online courses, online degrees, U of M, University of Maine, UofM

Today, the University of Maine released their Fall 2010 schedule of all online college courses they will be offering in the College of Engineering. As more schools find that online college classes are desirable for various reasons, course offerings available via the internet are expanding. These online classes are sought out by college students because [...]

Reasons to get college help

Published on Saturday, June 26th, 2010 by Kelly
Tags: career advice, career center, career counseling, career counselor, college advisor, college counseling, college counselor, College Resources, internships, student resources

College Help Students commonly regard college as a place to get a suitable education and also take in what life has to offer. This is true in academic circles but it happens only in select hours of the day. For the college student taking online college courses, the biggest strain can be making it to [...]

Tips to handle a job interview

Published on Friday, June 25th, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: exit interview, interview, interview skills, interview training, interviewing, interviewing tips, Job Interview, job interview advice, job interview answers, job interview coaching, job interview questions, job interview sample, job interview skills, job interviewing, practice interview, tips job interview

Job Interview Tips After days and days and even months of numerous job search and applications you finally get a call from one of the prospective employers inviting you for a job interview. A number of things can go through your head and the most obvious is how you would want to appear for the [...]

Tips to Succeed in College Courses: In-Class & Online (Part 1)

Published on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 by Ken
Tags: college classes, college education, college experience, college grades, college major, pass, passing, professor, success in college

In colleges and universities around the country today, there is a multitude of students struggling and fighting to pass a college course. Regardless of your college major, there will always be that one subject, class, or professor that you can never really seem to wrap your mind around. However, there is a definite and reliable way to make sure that you have the best chance to not only pass, but succeed and excel in these courses.

UC Santa Cruz Not Accepting Applications for Winter 2011

Published on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: transfer, transfer student, transferring, uc, UC Admissions, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, university of california, University of California Santa Cruz, winter 2011, winter 2011 admission, winter 2011 transfer

UC Santa Cruz has just made a decision about Winter 2011 admission. They are planning to send out communication through their Slug Connection. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter, I recommend you do so today. The following notice went out to all community college counselors from the UCSC’s Admissions office. Breaking News – UC Santa [...]

Quick tips on getting scholarships for college

Published on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 by Nohel
Tags: best scholarships, college grants, college scholarships, College Scholarships And Grants, find scholarships, grants, grants for college, money for school, paying for school, scholarship advice, scholarship application, scholarship eligibility, scholarship questions, scholarship scams, scholarship tips, scholarships, scholarships for college, scholarships for school

Scholarships for College College and school in general can be expensive. Actually, college is more expensive now than it was in previous years. For this reason, getting college scholarships is becoming so important because this is money that one can use to finance school without having to worry about paying it back. However, to succeed [...]

Differences between the CSU and UC system

Published on Monday, June 21st, 2010 by Edwina
Tags: california colleges, california universities, college admissions, college difference, compare colleges, compare schools, cost of college, cost of csu, cost of school, cost of tuition, cost of uc, csu, csu tuition, degrees, Financial Aid, location, uc, uc fees, uc tuition

Some of the largest and most well-known universities in California are under the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) system. Both systems are public, offer lower tuition for California residents, and offer Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. But there are quite a few differences between the two systems as well, and while not [...]

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